Category Archives: Health

Harsh

Posted on June 1, 2023 by sputterpub

He says his ego died but that’s a lie.He claims he’s not depressed – we don’t see howthat statement can be other than a try.He’s prompt to self-aggrandize even now,and though the damage showed him how to cry,his posture doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Limp Reminder

Posted on May 22, 2023 by sputterpub

Misstepping as I exited my yard,I skewed my foot and let its outer sideimpact the ground. My landing wasn’t hard –I tried to walk it off and not abidean injury – but something must have priedapart, a little metatarsal thing.My … Continue reading →

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First Aid

Posted on May 20, 2023 by sputterpub

Returning home I wouldn’t raise the shade,although it wasn’t hot at ten past noon.Awake at five, I did odd jobs and playedwith kids for hours. Then I waited forthree forms of transportation, that conveyedme home amid track closures and the … Continue reading →

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Distraction

Posted on May 19, 2023 by sputterpub

Forgetting what you left the room to dooccurs at every age, but frequencyincreases – every senior knows that’s true –and doesn’t seem as funny recently.Confusing hand and mind, so that you threwthe coffee grounds away that ought to bearrayed beneath … Continue reading →

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Learning to Live with Leisure

Posted on May 14, 2023 by sputterpub

I lately have a lot of leisure time.Retirement first freed a chunk for meto travel, read, solve puzzles, work on rhyme,and sample ways to slow declivity.Pandemic damped down my society,and grandkids aged to need me less at play.Hiatus at my … Continue reading →

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The Deciding Symptom

Posted on May 10, 2023 by sputterpub

“Reactive airway” were the words I heard.“Disorder” (or “disease”) succeeded those.That’s how he named the wheezing that occurredwhen I sustained a cold. Such breathing woes,a temporary asthma, virus-spurred,a side-effect from all the smoke I chose,and kept inhaling till I got … Continue reading →

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Best Guess

Posted on May 4, 2023 by sputterpub

Does this post-nasal drip portend a cold?(The kids I hug have recently been well.)Or could it be the start of Covid’s hold?(I’m negative but it’s too soon to tell.)I woke at 3 to feeling choked with phlegm,and didn’t screen a … Continue reading →

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Back Care

Posted on April 29, 2023 by sputterpub

I think I can ease this though I’m over seventy-three,in spite of the fact that they told me there isn’t a fix.The sad diagnosis the doctor depicted for megoes back to a summer of pain in Two Thousand and Six.I … Continue reading →

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Salt-Free

Posted on April 23, 2023 by sputterpub

Acknowledging hurt feelings can be wise,but blaming may be stupid and unfair.Perhaps you could switch roles, and recognizeyour sister’s thought, intention, love, and care.What would you have her do? Can you advisebehavior that will get her anywhere?If there’s a wound … Continue reading →

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Impatient Patient Log

Posted on April 19, 2023 by sputterpub

Impatient even now, past 95,she seeks a speedy fix for any ill.She’s been this way as long as I’m alive –task-oriented with a stubborn will.Each fall she takes she’ll bruise and bleed, but stillshe lives and mends in months, to … Continue reading →

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